Archos 28 Internet Tablet

“It may sound like we're being harsh, but the bottom line is: just because a device is affordable doesn't make it a good value. The Archos 28 has a tiny screen that doesn't respond well to touch. This means Web browsing, as well as simply navigating the device, offers more annoyance than entertainment or convenience. Whether you agree with Archos that this is a tablet or not, it is nonetheless a device with issues, and at this low price, my advice is to avoid the Internet-browsing tablets altogether. In 2010-11, $100 is too little to pay for a strong, Internet equipped device, they're just not there yet.”

“The Archos 28 isn't a bad media player (or Internet Tablet, to use Archos's nomenclature), but it doesn't do anything amazingly well. Its audio quality is pretty average, the low resolution resistive touchscreen display isn't the best interface for a device this size, and although Android is a theoretically feature-rich OS, it doesn't run especially well on a media player of this size.”

“The Archos 28 Internet Tablet is a strange device that, on first consideration, is hard to see people using at all. Having tried it ourselves, however, we were rather impressed and those looking for an ultra small and highly portable internet and multimedia device may find this to be their perfect mobile tablet.”

“To be clear, the Archos 28 Android tablet isn’t worth your time if you have no intention of subscribing to Spotify Premium. The screen is just too much of a headache to be dealing with.But as a way to listen to all the songs you like on the go – don’t forget you can sync offline playlists too – at £79, the 4GB Archos 28 Android tablet is money well spent for music fans without a smartphone.”